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Alara317 said:
HesAPooka said:
Alara317 said:
HesAPooka said:
I'm not religious, but I also don't go around bashing people who are.

There's a subtle but critical difference between criticizing something and 'bashing' it.  

Bashing religion is "All people of faith are ignorant sheep who can't think for themselves!  Religion at its core is a flawed theory and you're all dumb for believing it!" 

Criticizing religion is "There's no substantial proof in god or the spiritual.  Until you can prove it, I can't take your claims as anything more than empty claims." 

Learn the difference and you, too, can be on the path to enlightenment! 


But If i was religious my beliefs wouldn't be claims. They would be just that, beliefs. They would only be claims if i went around trying to convince others, which I wouldn't. Just like I don't try to convince religious folks that their beliefs are untrue. So who are you to "enlighten" someone who holds beliefs that differ from yours when they are minding their own business. Isn't that what atheists hate about certain religious people to begin with. Looks up the word hypocrit and then get back to me about englightenment. 
btw, this thread is basically bashing religious people. 

Also, Here's the definition of claims since you seem to be confused about that as well. 

Verb
State or assert that something is the case, typically without providing evidence or proof.
 
Noun
An assertion of the truth of something, typically one that is disputed or in doubt.



Why are you wasting your time? You're like a theistic debate bull, trapped in a little cage and just waiting for someone to make a slightly less than ideal statement so you can burst out and flail about, hoping to harm the argument.  

So again I ask, why waste your time debating religion?  you can't prove god exist, and you can't prove god doesn't exist.  me?  I don't really care.  Even if there is a god there's no way to tell which religion is right, if any religions are even close to the truth.  

Are you that blinde? I'm clearly not debating you on religion. I'm debating you on someones right to beleive what they want, and to do so without having to be ridiculed for it or harassed by others. I made that pretty obvious from the begining. Stop making yourself look bad and just stop now.



I was walking down along the street and I heard this voice saying, "Good evening, Mr. Dowd." Well, I turned around and here was this big six-foot rabbit leaning up against a lamp-post. Well, I thought nothing of that because when you've lived in a town as long as I've lived in this one, you get used to the fact that everybody knows your name.